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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sparta demand of her allies?
(a) To build a massive fleet
(b) To Take Trace and Macedon
(c) To surround Attica
(d) To send their troops to Sparta for training

2. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Macedon
(b) Kosovo
(c) Thrace
(d) Kurdistan

3. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?
(a) The Athenians send an advance force into the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(b) Spartan commandos infiltrate Athenian camps.
(c) Sparta utilizes Persian ships to attack from the Aegean Sea.
(d) A huge Peloponnesian army is assembled at the isthmus leading to Attica which is then invaded

4. After the war begins, what diplomatic success does Athens have?
(a) Gaining a neutrality pact from Persia.
(b) Making a peace deal with Corinth.
(c) Athens successfully launches an anti-Spartan publicity attack.
(d) Athens concludes alliances with Odrysian, Thrace, and Macedonia .

5. What is the general title given to the first twenty-three paragraphs of Book One?
(a) The Introduction
(b) The Archaelogy
(c) The Preamble
(d) The Apology

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

2. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?

3. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?

4. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?

5. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?

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